Organized at Westfield and Albany,
N.Y., September 9 to November 19, 1861. Left State for Washington,
D.C., November 26, 1861. Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military
District of Washington, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army
of the Potomac, to May, 1862. Defenses of Washington, D.C., to
June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September,
1862, Cavalry Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
October. 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac,
to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle
Military Division, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses
of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Companies "C,"
"F" and "K" detached for duty with Artillery
Reserve. Other Companies on duty as train guard, Army of the Potomac,
to May 22, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Before WilIiamsburg
May 4-5. West Point May 7. Near Slatersville May 9. Ordered to
Washington, D. C., May 22, and duty there until June, when mounted.
Action near Cedar Mountain August 12. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 16-September 2. Freeman's Ford August 22. Fants
Ford and Great Run August 23. Sulphur Springs and Jones Ford August
24 Deep Creek August 25. Salem and White Plains August 27, Groveton
August 29. Bull Run August 30. Near Centreville August 31. Fairfax
Court House September 2. Berryville September 29. Aldie October
1. Snickersville and Middleburg October 13. Paris and Salem October
17. Thoroughfare Gap October 17. Haymarket October 18. Warrenton
October 19. Reconnaissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville November
28-30. Upperville November 28. Berryville November 29. Snicker's
Ferry, Berryville, November 30. Reconnaissance to Kelleysville
December 21-23. Alcock's January 21, 1863. Grove Church, near
Morrisville, January 26. Rappahannock Fords and Station February
2. Morrisville February 5. Summerville February 9. Freeman's Ford
April 15. Near Warrenton April 28. Stoneman's Raid April 29-May
8. Kelley's Ford April 29. Culpeper April 30. Rapidan Station
May 1. Operations on Northern Neck May 20-26. Brandy Station and
Beverly Ford June 9. Ashby's Gap June 20. Upperville and Middleburg
June 21. Philomont June 22. Haymarket and Thoroughfare Gap June
24-25. Hunterstown. Pa., June 30. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Williamsport
July 6. Downsville July 7. Boonsboro July 8. Benevola or Beaver
Creek July 9. Falling Waters July 10. Funkstown July 10-18. Falling
Waters July 14. Emmittsburg July 18. Manassas Gap July 21-22.
Wapping Heights July 23. Barbee's Cross Roads July 25. Rixey's
Ford July 29. Kelly's Ford July 31-August 1. Brandy Station August
1-3. Stafford Court House August 22. Expedition from Leesburg
August 30-September 2. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan
September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Rapidan Station
September 14-15. Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23.
Jack's Shop, Madison Court House, September 22. Bristoe Campaign
October 9-22. Raccoon and Morton's Fords October 10. Stevensburg
and near Kelly's Ford October 11. Brandy Station October 12. Broad
Run October 15. Oak Hill October 16. Hunter's Ford, Rapidan River,
October 17-18. Bealeton Station October 24. Rappahannock Station
October 26. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Muddy Run November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
Parker's Store November 29. Reconnaissance to Woodville December
6. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Barnett's
Ford February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign. Battles of the Wilderness
May 5-7; Todd's Tavern May 7-8; Spottsylvania May 8. Sheridan's
Raid to James River May 9-24. North Anna May 9-10. Ground Squirrel
Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Fortifications of Richmond and
Meadow Bridge May 12. Jones Bridge May 17. On line of the Pamunkey
May 26-28. Hanovertown and Crump's Creek May 27. Totopotomoy May
28-31. Haw's Shop May 28. Old Church and Mettadequin Creek May
30. Bethesda Church May 31-June 1. Cold Harbor May 31-June 6.
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June
11-12. Newark or Mallory's Cross Roads June 12. Black Creek or
Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21.
Jones Bridge June 23. Before Petersburg June 29-July 31. Demonstration
north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 28-29. Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near
White Post and Newtown, August 11. Berryville August 12. Near
Strasburg August 14. Crooked Run August 13. Cedarville, Guard
Hill or Front Royal August 16. Front Royal August 18. Kearneysville
August 19. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Near Kearneysville August
25. Near Shephardstown August 2b. Leetown and Smithfield August
28. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan. August 29. Berryville September
3-4. Port Republic September 6. Bunker Hill and Opequan September
13. Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 15. Battle of Winchester
September 19. Strasburg and Middletown September 20. Fisher's
Hill September 21-22. Near Edenburg September 23. Mr. Jackson
September 23-24. New Market September 24. Brown's Gap September
26. Port Republic September 26-27. New Market September 28. Waynesboro
September 29 and October 2. Columbia Furnace October 8. Tom's
Brook, "Woodstock Races," October 8-9. Hupp's Hill,
near Strasburg, October 14. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Fisher's Hill October 20. Near Kernstown November 11. Near Winchester
November 15. Rude's Hill November 22. Expedition from Winchester
into Fauquier and Loudoun Counties November 28-December 3. Expedition
to Gordonsville December 19-28. Near Gordonsville December 23.
Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 25, 1865. Waynesboro
March 2. Charlottesville March 3. (A Detachment guard prisoners
from Waynesboro to Winchester March 3-8. Near Rude's Hill and
Mt. Jackson March 7. Woodstock March 14.) Goochland Court House
March 11. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court
House March 30-31 Five Forks April 1. Scott's Cross Roads April
2, Fall of Petersburg April 2. Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond
station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of
Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to
Washington, D.C., May--. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July
17, 1865, and honorably discharged from service.

Regiment lost during service
6 Officers and 84 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
7 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease, Total 223.